On July 1, two new Tennessee laws took effect regarding firearms and hunting.

Senate Bill 1774 allows anyone to legally carry firearms and ammunition in his or her vehicle as long as the vehicle is owned by that person. Senate Bill 1777 makes it illegal to interfere with private citizens who are lawfully hunting or fishing by using a drone.

As the owner of T&T Sporting Goods in Selmer, Justin Tull has to keep abreast about the new laws and regulations the state passes.

On Sunday, Tull had a large booth set up at the R.K. Gun and Knife Show at the Jackson fairgrounds, the first such convention since the new laws were passed. Tull said that he had 800 guns at the show but his store in Selmer had approximately 2,500 guns for sale.

Tull, like many people at the fairgrounds, had not heard of the restriction of drones or why it would be needed, but he agreed with SB 1774, which allows anyone to transport firearms in his or her vehicle without a permit.

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"I think that if people know that people have loaded weapons in their vehicle, they'll be less likely to be victims of crime," Tull said.

Stephen Locke purchased firearm equipment at one of T&T's tables. He also had no problem with the state allowing gun holders to take firearms with them across the state without a permit.

"When you make laws against carrying guns, you only deter people who are going to follow the law anyway," Locke said.

"I don't have a problem with it because most of the people who are going to carry it legally (already) have their concealed carry permit anyway," he said.

Not everyone agreed with the new law, however. Evan Baker was wary about what the new law could mean for criminals.

"You walk a fine line there," Baker said. "Because it can either help with the crime problem or make it worse because all of a sudden everyone can have a gun in their car."

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But Baker went on to say that people who carry guns illegally more than likely will carry illegally regardless of the law.

Tull, Locke and a number of other shoppers at the convention had not heard of the new law prohibiting drones. The law states that it is in place so that those who are against hunting can't scare animals away with drones.

"With birds, you can fly over them and scare them," Caleb Watkins, another T&T customer, said. "They can use it to fly over them and shoot them or they can use them so they fly away and get them off the property."

The bill that passed also said that individuals could not take surveillance of hunters without their permission if the hunters were already hunting legally.

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